Hi, Try holding down the FN key at the same time as you press the VO-f2-f2.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 15, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote: > David, > Thank you for this information. I am on that screen right now. When I press > video F2 all I get is a short dang. Does it make a difference that I am using > a Bluetooth keyboard? Is there any way out of this? > > Kristeen Hughes > >> On Oct 15, 2014, at 8:50 AM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> OK this is a well known problem and there is an easy way out. >> >> 1. Bring up Window Chooser with VO F2 pressed twice. >> 2. Make sure you are on the sign in to App Store window. >> 3. Tab to the Apple ID field. >> You will probably get no feedbac but d not worry. >> 4. Hit VO command f5 to make sure you are focussed on this field. >> 5. Do a virtual mouse click with shift VO and space bar. >> 6. You should now be focussed in a completely accessible window where you >> can type in your ID and then tab to your password field and then tab to the >> default button to sign into the App Store. >> It should be plain sailing from there. >> David Griffith >>> On 15/10/2014 13:08, Kristeen Hughes wrote: >>> Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode >>> and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help the >>> problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the OS. I am >>> now stuck at signing into the App Store. It has been on that screen since >>> about 11:30 last night. is there anything I can do to get past that screen? >>> >>> Kristeen Hughes >>> >>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Tim, >>>> >>>> Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do >>>> know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech >>>> output. I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. >>>> It's amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think out >>>> of the box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of tricks >>>> when I need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the awesome >>>> experts on the list. Thanks again for the keystroke. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Eileen >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often >>>>> press VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume >>>>> will increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the >>>>> time. The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, >>>>> Intonation, Volume and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels >>>>> on the fly. >>>>> >>>>> Later... >>>>> >>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an >>>>>> easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting >>>>>> up into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can >>>>>> be access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other >>>>>> boyish voice, but at least there is accessibility to the information. >>>>>> The volume is low and it can't be increased. Just letting you know about >>>>>> this pointer. HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact Apple Care. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Eileen >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg <walksi...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Kristeen, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard >>>>>>> shortcuts for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, >>>>>>> you can try holding down D at start up. It will start the apple >>>>>>> hardware test, which may tell you something about your drives if they >>>>>>> are connected. >>>>>>> Rachel. >>>>>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external >>>>>>>> drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, >>>>>>>> since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no >>>>>>>> voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether >>>>>>>> the computer booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I >>>>>>>> tried rebooting several more times, but the result was still the >>>>>>>> same.I disconnected all peripherals, and was able to boot into >>>>>>>> recovery mode. I went into disk utilities and repaired the disk. There >>>>>>>> seemed to be no problem with the disc. The computer will still not >>>>>>>> reboot. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other >>>>>>>> way I can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic >>>>>>>> tools? 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